Join us online for our 2025 Annual General Meeting for all ISACS members. Take a look back at all that the ISACS Network achieved in 2024 and hear what is in the pipeline for 2025.
When? 10am on April 29th, via Zoom.
Agenda
- Chairperson’s address
- Minutes of previous 2024 Annual General Meeting & matters arising
- ISACS Annual Report 2024
- Nominations to the Board/Election
- Financial report Irish Street Art, Circus & Spectacle Network CLG Financial Statements year ended 31st December 2024
- Appointment of Auditors
- Membership Structure Changes
- Any other business
Nominations to the Board
Three of ISACS Board of Directors have put themselves forward for re-appointment – Aoife Carry, Brian Rafferty (Treasurer) and Rachel Melaugh. No other nominations were received. A motion to renew the directorship of all candidates will be put to the members at the AGM.
Aoife Carry
Director
Aoife is an experienced large scale Circus and Spectacle Director. She has worked Internationally as Artistic Director for companies such as Franco Dragone, MGM and Cirque Du Soleil. Her work has included large scale resident shows, arena touring shows, festival touring and outdoor performances. In these roles she works with large multidisciplinary teams and artists to produce performances that combine artistic and technical excellence. In 2021 she established Twisted Lane Productions, a Spectacle Theatre Company based in Ireland. With Twisted Lane Productions, her focus is to create large scale work that combines theatrical storytelling with the intimacy of immersive theatre. Current projects are exploring the connections between female story and rural landscape.
Since 2024 she is also the Artistic Director of St. Patrick’s Festival Ireland. Aoife has received a number of funding awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, and is on the Arts Council of Ireland Peer Review Panel.
[ Appointed 05/05/2022]
Brian Rafferty
Treasurer
Brian Rafferty is Managing Director of the Irish Aerial Creation Centre with a wealth of business and trade association experience. Following a business degree in UL, Brian took over the family travel business with four agencies until 2011.
He was on the board of the Irish Travel Agents Association for over 20 years reaching the position of Vice President for over eight years. Brian has worked in the property business, and scaled up a number of businesses in recent years including Travelsavers, The Urban Coop and was the Economic Development officer for Waterford County Council. He was also an elected County Councillor in Tipperary.
[ Appointed 05/05/2022]
Rachel Melaugh
Director
Rachel is a Street Theatre Artist and Creative Director at In Your Space Circus (IYSC) in Derry. Having worked in Circus & Street Theatre for 10+ years, Rachel has a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to delivery on the street. Rachel has created and produced some of IYSC’s most ambitious productions, leading the organisation into delivery of large-scale outdoor spectacle back in 2018. Most recently Rachel produced ‘After the Rain’ – a brand new, site-specific work in Derry, by world-renowned acrobatic collective ‘Compagnie XY’ and a cast of local artists across multiple disciplines.
[ Appointed 15/08/2023]
Registration
To attend the AGM please register by Tuesday 29th of April, via Eventbrite→
Registration is only open to current ISACS members, so make sure you have renewed your membership. If you need to renew your membership, you can do so here→
Downloads
- April 23rd 2024 AGM Minutes
- The Role of the Board
- Membership & Election Procedures 2025
- ISACS Proxy form AGM 2025
- ISACS Membership Structure Update Proposal